Bombay Bungalow is one of those restaurants that you don’t want to stop visiting. Every time they impress us with their unique menu offering. It’s one of those Indian restaurants who continue to innovate every season, introducing new tastes to our palates. A beautiful restaurant located at the heart of the JBR next to the beach like a typical bungalow with beautiful chandeliers, colorful walls, Indian heritage doors and accessories. This time we are at the restaurant for an Iftar. We got a lovely seat outside the restaurant with views of Dubai Ain and everything else on the Blue water Island. The restaurant is busy and it’s always better to come in here with a reservation.
Bombay Bungalow Iftar Menu
- DATES & DRIED FRUITS
- Ramadan special Beverage (Tamarind or Apricot or Lassi)
- ARABIC COFFEE
STARTERS
- LENTIL SOUP
- FATTOUCH drizzled with sweet tamarind chutney
- TRIO OF DIPPING Hummus with B&W sesame, hummus with fresh mango, moutabal
- VEG SAMOSA
- KHATTA BEEF Black lemon & cardamom meat over bread
- MURGH METHI TIKKA
- HARA BHARA KEBAB
MAINS
- BIRYANI BOWL OF THE DAY
- CURRY OF THE DAY
- NAAN & ROTI
DESSERT
- MOONG DAL KUNAFEH
The table was kept ready with dates. We then picked one of each Ramadan drinks from the menu and we were actually surprised that Tamarind and the Apricot drinks had a different taste altogether, we were in awe with these fabulous drinks. The original drinks were modified to provide a fusion between Indian and Arabic flavours coming together, my favourite was the Tamarind for it’s little bit of spice and tanginess in the drink. I just wished they gave it in a bigger glass as it felt too little for a fasting man to quench upon and then you know half that little glass is taken up by the ice. We expected a mango lassi but it turned out to be a salty lassi which was a good soother for a fasting body, the chef told us later that the mango lassi would be too thick considering all other items to come to the table hence they were offering the lighter version of the lassi on their Ramadan menu.
There was something special about the lentil soup which wasn’t thick as usual but was more liquid in texture. The soup had a great taste to it. We then got the cold starters on our table starting with the trio of dippers. The trio dippers is also accompanied by cute little hot naan breads. It was mainly Hummus and mouthabal but this time Indian ingredients are once again infused with the arabic recipe giving it a unique flavour. I thoroughly enjoyed the purple hummus dipper. The veg samosa had the best skin you can expect on a samosa which was light and crispy but the inside was just mainly potatoes and a typical stuffing of a Punjabi Samosa, had they added more kinds of vegetables it would have been a variety. The plate with Kebabs and tikka was addictive. The hara bhara kebabs would simply melt in the mouth and the succulent Murgh Methi tikka had a fantastic flavour to it. The glamorous dish on the table was definitely the khatta beef over bread & hummus. It felt like a shawarma meat and it was yummy along the thick hummus and naan as a side.
The main was lamb biriyani and a coconut based red chicken curry. Both the mains had opposite characteristics. Like the biriyani was felt bland with less spice but at the same time the curry had a rich strong taste with right level of spice in it. So they both went hand in hand. The lamb inside the biriyani was well cooked and delicious, but I felt the meat was cut too small a piece. Roti and butter Naan comes on the side of the curry. I loved the butter naan which was puffy and was shining with lots of butter on it and was actually softer than the roti.
The dessert was a never heard before, MOONG DAL KUNAFEH where the Moon dal would be sandwiched between 2 layers of kunafeh. Something only an Indian restaurant would imagine. We absolutely loved it. They could actually increase the thickness of the mong dal as the kunafa over shadows the thin layer of sweet moong dal and it’s plenty of sugar syrup floating on the dessert plate. They also come in a special plate as you see above. The dessert definitely scores high on presentation. Click here to visit their official website. Click pictures below to see them in full screen view:
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